SCURVY
- a disease from vitamin C deficiency [n SCURVIES] / base or contemptible [adj SCURVIER, SCURVIEST]
- A disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C, characterized by swollen bleeding gums and the opening of previously healed wounds, which particularly affected poorly nourished sailors until the end of the 18th century
- base or contemptible [adj SCURVIER, SCURVIEST] : SCURVILY [adv] / a disease resulting from vitamin C deficiency [n SCURVIES]
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